Alaska
Prospect

Ginny Creek

Alaska, United States
LeadZincSilverCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
SecondarySilver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite, Siderite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Noatak Sandstone;Noatak Sandstone;Utukok Formation
AlterationIron-staining, leaching
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10003147
MRDS IDA015680
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates68.28948, -161.30373
References
Mayfield, C.F., Curtis, S.M., Ellersieck, I.F., and Tailleur, I.L., 1979, Reconnaissance geology of the Ginny Creek zinc-lead-silver and Nimiuktuk barite deposits, northwestern Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1092, 20 p., 2 over-size sheetsMayfield, C.F., Curtis, S.M., Ellersieck, I., and Tailleur, I.L., 1979, The Ginny Creek zinc-lead-silver and Nimiuktuk barite deposits, northwestern Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 804B, p. B11-B12.Curtis, S.M., Ellersieck, I.F., Mayfield, C.F., and Tailleur, I.L., 1980, Silver, copper, lead, and zinc stream-sediment geochemical anomalies in Misheguk Mountain quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-315, scale 1:250,000.Cobb, E.H., Mayfield, C.F., and Brosge, W.P., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in eleven quadrangles in northern Alaska (Arctic, Baird Mountains, Chandler Lake, DeLong Mountains, Demarcation Point, Howard Pass, Misheguk Mountain, Mount Michelson, Noatak, Point Lay, and Table Mountain); Supplement to Open-File Report 75-628; Part A, Summaries of data to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-767-A, 25 p.